Photograph
5 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in / 13.3 x 16.5 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Belen, NM
This 1899 photograph shows a ranch or working agricultural site in Liberal, Kansas, with figures, horses, wagons, and wooden outbuildings arranged across the yard. The image records a late nineteenth-century Plains working scene, where livestock, transport, and farm infrastructure were closely connected. Its handwritten date and place notation give the photograph useful documentary value.
The composition is informal but full of detail, with workers and animals positioned in front of the ranch buildings. The photograph preserves the practical setting of rural Kansas life at the end of the nineteenth century, rather than a staged studio view. As a regional image, it fits within American West photography, Plains material, and agricultural history.
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Photograph
5 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in / 13.3 x 16.5 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Belen, NM
This 1899 photograph shows a ranch or working agricultural site in Liberal, Kansas, with figures, horses, wagons, and wooden outbuildings arranged across the yard. The image records a late nineteenth-century Plains working scene, where livestock, transport, and farm infrastructure were closely connected. Its handwritten date and place notation give the photograph useful documentary value.
The composition is informal but full of detail, with workers and animals positioned in front of the ranch buildings. The photograph preserves the practical setting of rural Kansas life at the end of the nineteenth century, rather than a staged studio view. As a regional image, it fits within American West photography, Plains material, and agricultural history.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
